EVERYDAY ITALIAN
"When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's" this, that's love
amore
"Everything is evil" wrote the 19th century poet Giacomo Leopardi, who exemplified this glass-half-empty -ism
pessimism
Brainiacs know that M.I.T. stands for this Boston-area school
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In 2020 this K-pop boy group burst out with "Dynamite", a No. 1 hit
BTS
n the 1960s, the Pearson Pennant was one of three finalists to be our national flag, but the Flag Committee went with a design using a single one of these leaves instead
maple leaf
Rachael Ray says her very first word was this, the Italian word for wine
vino
In Kuniko Tsurita's book of manga "The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud", it's this kind of cloud from a nuclear bomb
a mushroom cloud
Until disallowed by the L.A. Coliseum, a live bear would take the field at home football games for this school
UCLA
I'd catch a grenade for ya", he sang in a No. 1 song
Bruno Mars
Tracing its roots to 1980s Canadian street performance, this "circus of the sun" hit Las Vegas with its first permanent show Mystère in 1993
Cirque du Soleil
Hopefully, you haven't had any bad encounters with these photographers who follow the famous to get their shot
paparazzi
Called "Roald the Rotten" by his own wife, he created memorable villains like Miss Trunchbull in "Matilda"
(Roald) Dahl
Since 1917 Columbia University has announced these awards for fields including journalism & literature
the Pulitzers
His singing career really burst into the stratosphere with "Rocket Man", which says, "burning out his fuse up here alone"
Elton John
Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity? I hope not, as "you oughtta know" this Ontario-born singer who had one of the biggest albums of the 1990s
Alanis Morissette
Spelled as one word or 2, it means outdoors, as in dining outdoors
al fresco
"The unutterable hideousness that can dwell in absolute silence" is part of the "Country" of this author; how's your day going?
Lovecraft
In 1873, a university in Nashville was named for this wealthy commodore who eventually donated $1 million
(Cornelius) Vanderbilt
Saying that is belonged to the world & not to him, Frederick Banting wanted diabetics to be able to afford this hormone he helped extract in 1921; he sold his patent to the University of Toronto for $1
insulin
Italian for "baked earth", it's the type of pottery seen here made of baked clay
terra cotta
His plays like "Waiting for Godot" explore the meaninglessness of life & even a Nobel Prize didn't make him happy
Samuel Beckett
Founded in 1693, the oldest college in Virginia is the college of this royal pair
William & Mary
This group with Cherie Currie & Joan Jett exploded with "Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom, I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch cherry bomb"
The Runaways
Prairie trading posts with names like Stand Off & Whoop-Up were dominated by sleazy whiskey traders; this law enforcement group was created to clean them up
RCMP